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No. 383,797. Patented May 29, 1888.

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DAVID F. CROFUT, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO BURNS, SILVER & 00., OF SAME PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 383,797, dated May 29, 1888.

Application filed December 21, 1887. Serial No. 258,558. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID F. CROFUT, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of BridgeporaState of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ticket-Holders, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying draw ings, is a full, clear, and accurate description.

The object of my invention is to provide an attachment to the frame of the backs of seats of railroad passenger-cars for holding the passengers tickets so as to be readily seen by the conductor and passengers.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a reversible back of a seat of a railroad-car with my improved ticket-holder attached to the frame of the seat in two ways. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of the invention containing the ticket, and showing the holder attached to the frame of the car-seat by means of a screw. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section of the invention, showing an other plan of attaching the ticketholder to the frame of the car-seat. Figs. 4 and 5 are perspective views of my improved ticketholder shown in different forms which are made to attach to the frame of car-seats.

Similar letters of reference refer to similar parts.

My improved ticket-holder A is made from a strip of sheet metal cut to the required length and width and then bent over against itself until it almost touches. (Shown at B,

Figs. 2 and 3.) From this double-bent piece of metal I bend the end 0 of the lower part of the metal sheet in form, so as to adapt itself to the cushioned back 0 immediately below the frame F of the car-seat, so that it will closely hug the same. The end of the upperpart of the sheet-metal piece I bend over and back toward the fold of the metal in such a form that it will clasp around the frame F of the car-seat.

3, adapted to receive the folded metal and its ridge or welt b. The bent end D may be so formed as to pass entirely around the top and under the edge of the bottom of the frame F of the car-seat; or it may be extended only partially over the top of the frame F and then be fastened thereto by screws, nuts, or other fastenings, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

I am aware that ticket-holders for seats of railroad-cars" have been made by bending a piece of sheet metal over and upon itself, and particularly of this ticket-h older described and patented by me in Letters Patent No. 349,924, granted September 28, 1886; but I have found by practical use that all ticketholders heretofore invented are open to the objection of being so constructed as to insure a positive projection of said ticket-holder from the car-seat, thus endangering the clothes and comfort of the passengers; but my improved ticket-holder is so formed and attached to carseats that it fits snugly and adapts itself necessarily to the frame of the back of the carseats, leaving no projection whatever, and thus avoiding all the difficulties and troubles incurred by the use of most of the ticket-holders now in use.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

A ticket holder constructed of a strip of metal bent uponitselfwith oneend bent upward and backward to conform to the shape of the frame of the carseat, and the other end bent downward and backward to rest against the cushion of the back of said car-seat, and with a ridge formed at the back of said ticketholder where itis bent upon itself, in combination with said seat,which is provided with a recess in the frame thereof adapted to receive the ridge and flat bent portions of the ticket-holder.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 1st day of September, 1887.

DAVID F. CROFUT.

In presence of WM. N. BEARDSLEY, EDWARD A. JONES. 

